Comments on: Google Sheets Formula to Get Column by Name / Label

By: Dave Meindl

Dave Meindl — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:03:29 +0000

In reply to Vinya. I suspect you've got something else going on there. I attempted the following formula. Worked just fine. =QUERY(data!A:C,"SELECT "&SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,MATCH("make",data!A1:C1,0),4),1,"")) One peculiarity... Maybe it's a regional thing. You're using semi-colons instead of commas. At least in the U.S., the functions in this formula call for commas.

By: Vinya

Vinya — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:20:41 +0000

I am following and using this formula down to final string result to look like “data!C:C” – I am trying to use the Query Function to populate the rest of the column with the data in the identified header of the column but it looks like the Google Visualisation API Query Language no longer supports the combination of the above with my query.
=”Data!’!”&SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH(“nameofcolumnHeaderColumnA”;’Data’!A1:S1;0);4);1;””)

This
=QUERY(Data!D:S;”SELECT “&SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1;MATCH(“nameofcolumnHeaderColumnA”;Data!A1:S1;0);4);1;””))
works in older versions of my setup but now when creating it in a new formula it states that it is not compatible with the API query language so it just returns an error.

Thanks,

By: Dave Meindl

Dave Meindl — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:05:04 +0000

In reply to Julia. It sounds like you are wanting to create an array where the data from each sheet is appended as rows. Use an array to combine the data from the three sheets into a single sheet. Use FILTER to limit the ranges to only those rows that have data. ={FILTER(Tab1!A:A,Tab1!A:A<>"");FILTER(Tab2!A:A,Tab2!A:A<>"");FILTER(Tab3!A:A,Tab3!A:A<>"")}

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:30:27 +0000

Hello! For the “Use INDIRECT to get a column by name / label”, how do I use this to combine columns from multiple tabs? I have three tabs that are importing data from external sources using importrange. They are all called ‘Unique ID’. I want to combine them into a single column in a new tab. Thank you!!